japanese beef has been banned since an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the southern prefecture of miyazaki in late april. japan exported more than 670 tons of beef last year to regions including the u.s. and hong kong. >>> the u.s. dollar is continuing to weaken. what are the reasons and likely impact of this trend? for analysis we spoke to ethan harris, head of north american economics at bank of america merrill lynch global research. >> i think the strength in the yen versus the dollar reflects three things. first, clearly u.s. data has weakened a lot, and i think that's causing investors to pull away from the dollar a bit. second, i think the fed seems much more than many thought so there's expectations that the interest rates could come down further in the u.s. that's also weakened the dollar. then finally i think there's a lot of talk about china redeploying some of its reserves into the yen and out of dollars. and that's probably helped support the yen and hurt the dollar. i don't think this is a big shock to the u.s. economy. i think on the margin a weakness in the dollar is good fo

and i did an american version of miyazaki's film "my neighbors, the yamadas."is: what do you like best about animation? >> you can do and whole episode in an hour. -- a whole episode in an hour. i can drop my kids are fed school, go do that, and you are done. it feels like you are accomplishing that and then you are done. the challenge, i guess, is that i am very physical. i use my hands a lot when i am talking, so it feels strange when it is just your voice. that is the hard part. tavis: how you know when you are hitting the mark? in other words, delivering what you want to deliver. if you do not have any visual to play off of. it is just you and this microphone. you have to visualize what your doing, but there is not a visual. >> exactly. tavis: and you're not playing off anybody. >> no, you are just by yourself. i guess, it feels somewhat kind of musical. if i am not getting it right, i will have them give me reading. tell me how you want it to sound. some actors are offended by deaf. i am not. i'm just like, give it to me. -- some actors are offended by tha

. >>> the prefecture ral government of miyazaki seriously affected by foot and mouth disease earlier this year said it found no abnormalities after checking all farms in the prefecture for the disease. the local government made the announcement on monday, after completing safety checks on cattle and pigs on more than 8,000 farms. on july 27th, the prefectural government lifted the restrictions on transporting livestock after nearly 300,000 animals were slaughtered. it's now composting animal exkre memt that could be contaminated with the foot and mouth disease. the miyazaki government is expected to declare an end to the virus on august 27th if it doesn't find any abnormalities. >>> with the united arab emirates in the grip of a heat wave, religious authorities are allowing construction workers to break their fast during the month of ramadan. the authorities issued the fatwa, an islamic religious decree on monday, before ramadan begins around wednesday. the uae has been hit by an unusual heat wave with temperatures reaching about 50 degrees celsius. the edict says construction labore